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Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Dozens of Tunisian workers have been kidnapped in northwestern Libya. The men were kidnapped in an attempt to secure the release of a local Libyan official arrested in Tunisia.
A Sabratha official was arrested along with another Libyan at Tunis airport, Sabratha’s municipal council said. Sabratha is a coastal town between Libya’s capital Tripoli and the Tunisian border,
They had flown to Tunis on a visit organized by United Nations, the council said. Tunisian officials were not immediately available to comment.
“Gunmen kidnapped my father … We talked with the kidnappers over the phone and told us they would release them only when Tunisia frees the Libyan officials arrested in Tunisia,” the daughter of one of the detained Tunisians told local radio. “I ask the authorities to intervene.”
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